Nanotechnology in Skin, Soft Tissue, and Bone Infections

Part 1-Nanotechnology in Skin Infections.- Atopic dermatitis and current trends in pharmacological treatment - a nanoparticulate approach.- Acne vulgaris - recent trends on pharmacological and nanotechnological approaches in therapeutics.- Nitric oxide nanoparticles on skin infections: Current State and Future Prospects.- Metal Nanoparticles Based Antibacterial Nanocomposites for Skin Infections.- Combination therapy using metal nanoparticles for skin infection.- Applications of nanometals in cutaneous infections.- Antifungal nanotherapy: a novel approach to combat superficial fungal infections.- Biocompatible polymers for skin Nanomedicines.- Part 2-Nanotechnology on Soft-Tissue Infections.- Nanotechnological approach to manage diabetic foot ulcer.- Metal nanoparticles in wound infections.- Advances in nanomedicine for burn wound infection treatment.- Applications of chitosan in formulation of novel antibacterial agents and wound dressings.- Polymeric nanocomposites for skin and soft tissues.- Nanoformulations of polyphenols for the treatment of soft tissues infections.- Cutting Edge Nanotechnologies for Targeting Liver Disorders.- NanoCurcumin compounds formulations: Perspectives in skin and soft tissues infections.- Nanobiotechnology strategies for the treatment tegumentary and visceral leishmaniases, and emergence resistance.- Part 3-Nanotechnology in Bone Infections.- Artificial Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering.- The bone biology and the nanotechnology for bone infections and bone engineering.- Part 4-Nanotechnology and Toxicity.- Genotoxicity studies of Silver Nanoparticles in in vivo and in vitro models.

Mahendra Rai is a Senior Professor and UGC-Basic Science Research Faculty Fellow at the Department of Biotechnology, Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University at Amravati, Maharashtra, India. He was a Visiting Scientist at the Department of Bioenergetics, University of Geneva, Switzerland at the Department of Plant Protection of Debrecen University, Debrecen, Hungary. He visited Department of Chemical Biology, University of Campinas, Brazil under Indo-Brazil Research Programme (DST-CNPq collaboration). He was visiting Professor in Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland. and visiting scientist in State University of Campinas, Brazil. He was also visiting professor in Ostrava, Czech Republic and in National University of Rosario, Argentina. His area of expertise includes microbial biotechnology and nanobiotechnology. His present research interest include application of nanobiotechnology in medicine with particular reference to development of nanoantimicrobials. He has published more than 400 research papers in national and international journals. In addition, he has edited/authored more than 50 books and 6 patents.